Kean Not So Keen On Drink Driving Charge

Last updated : 17 May 2011 By Covsupport News Service/RD

Former Coventry City assistant manager Steve Kean, who is currently manager of Blackburn Rovers has been arrested and charged with drink driving offences.

Kean was stopped by the police on the M6 on Saturday 14th May when he was driving home to Manchester after watching his Blackburn Rovers side draw 1-1 with Champions Manchester United.

Kean was assistant manager to Chis Coleman at Coventry City from 2008 to 2009 but left his post following a disagreement with a fellow club employee, a year before Coleman was sacked

He has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and is due before Crewe magistrates on June 7th.

A Cheshire Police spokesman said: "At 2050 BST on Saturday 14 May, Cheshire officers stopped a Mercedes car on the M6 southbound carriageway, between Junction 19 and 18. The driver, a 43 year-old man, provided a positive breath test."

"He was subsequently charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol and bailed to appear at Crewe Magistrates' Court on 7th June."